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Targeting Iran, US tightens Iraq's dollar flow, causing pain
In recent weeks, Iraq’s currency has taken a plunge, largely as a result of newly imposed measures that have restricted dollar transfers from the United States
February 02, 2023Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform
Pakistani police say a suicide bomber who killed 101 people in the northwestern city of Peshawar this week had disguised himself by wearing a police uniform
February 02, 2023Iran blames Israel for drone attack, threatens retaliation
Iran has formally blamed Israel for a drone attack that targeted a military workshop in its central city of Isfahan over the weekend, warning that it “reserves its legitimate and inherent right” to retaliate
February 02, 2023
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February 02
Tennis star Kyrgios to contest Australian assault charge
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios is due to appear in an Australian court to apply to have an assault charge stemming from events two years ago dismissed on mental health grounds
February 02
February 02
Guyana court sentences two pirates to death for 2018 attack
A Guyanese court has handed down death sentences for two men found guilty of high seas piracy attacks that killed seven fishermen off the nation’s coast in 2018
February 02
February 02
US condemns Sudan freeing man convicted in diplomat's death
The United States has asked the Sudanese government to re-arrest a man convicted of killing a U.S. diplomat in the country 15 years ago
February 02
February 02
IOC details Russia stance for Olympics, cites human rights
The International Olympic Committee has stepped up efforts to explain its position on trying to help Russian athletes qualify for the Paris Games
February 02
February 02
Pope Francis, Ukraine and Groundhog day: World in Photos, Feb 2
A look at the top photos from around the globe.
February 02
February 02
Israel FM: Fully normalized ties with Sudan later this year
Israel's foreign minister says the country expects to fully normalize ties with Sudan sometime later this year
February 02
February 02
Mexico's president promises total withdrawal after term ends
Mexico's president is probably the most powerful political figure the country has had in decades
February 02
February 02
Germany's interior minister makes risky run for state office
Germany’s interior minister says she plans to run for governor of her home state this fall but to remain the country’s top security official in the meantime
February 02
February 02
'Squid Game' star goes on trial for sexual misconduct
The 78-year-old actor is accused of inappropriate physical contact with a woman.
February 02
February 02
Major textile factory in Haiti to close plant, lay off 3,500
One of Haiti’s biggest textile factories says it is closing an assembly plant and laying off 3,500 workers in yet another blow to the country’s crumbling economy
February 02
February 02
Nordic PMs: Keep calm, we still plan to join NATO together
The prime ministers of Finland and Sweden have reaffirmed their intent to have the two countries join NATO at the same time
February 02
February 02
Rhino poaching in Namibia reaches record high
Namibia's government data shows rhino poaching rose by 93% in 2022.
February 02
February 02
US ambassador's views on Hungary 'irrelevant,' minister says
Hungary's foreign minister says what the United States ambassador to Budapest thinks about Hungarian policies is “completely irrelevant,” and that the ambassador should stop interfering in Hungary's internal affairs
February 02
February 02
What to know about the Wagner group, a 'brutal' Russian military group in Ukraine
The U.S. has labeled them a "criminal organization."
February 02
February 02
Indian Ocean species caught between local, EU interests
Indian Ocean countries who want better safeguards for marine life by updating fishing quotas and restricting harmful catch methods are being resisted by the European Union who has interests in the region, conservation groups say
February 02
February 02
Military places restive areas of Myanmar under martial law
Martial law has been declared in several areas of military-run Myanmar, a day after authorities announced that a state of emergency has been extended throughout the country, which is wracked by violence that some U.N. experts have described as a civil war
February 02
February 02
Blood-flavored ice helps zoo animals beat Rio's heat
Rio de Janeiro’s brutal summer heat has reached 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on some recent days, sending locals to cool off at the beach
February 02
February 02
Netanyahu visits France amid spike in Mideast tensions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with France’s president amid one of the deadliest periods of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years
February 02
February 02
Special Kosovo court upholds most convictions of 2 veterans
Appeals judges at a European Union-backed court have upheld most of the convictions of two leaders of a Kosovo war veterans’ association who were found guilty last year of witness intimidation and obstructing justice
February 02
February 02
In Greece, artists’ strike closes theaters, music schools
Performing artists and art students — some banging drums, playing trumpets and dressed in clown outfits — have gathered outside Greece’s parliament during a strike that closed theaters, halted TV shoots and disrupted art school classes
February 02
February 02
9 held in Netherlands, Belgium over German ATM explosions
German authorities say that nine men suspected of involvement in blowing up dozens of cash machines in Germany and stealing some 5.2 million euros (nearly $5.7 million) have been arrested in the Netherlands and Belgium
February 02
February 02
Italian mob suspect held in France after 16 years on the run
Interpol says police in southeastern France have arrested a convicted murderer linked to Italy’s most powerful organized crime group, the ’ndrangheta, who was on the run for 16 years
February 02
February 02
Putin invokes Stalingrad battle as justifying Ukraine fight
Russian President Vladimir Putin has marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi forces in the battle of Stalingrad, and evoked the long and grueling fight as justification for the conflict in Ukraine
February 02
February 02
UK to probe whether 1998 Omagh bomb could have been stopped
The U.K. government says it will hold a public inquiry into whether the deadliest bombing in Northern Ireland’s decades of violence could have been prevented
February 02
February 02
European Central Bank head says "we know that we are not done" with interest rate hikes even after plan for March rise
European Central Bank head says "we know that we are not done" with interest rate hikes even after plan for March rise
February 02
February 02
Iranian film director goes on hunger strike in prison
An Iranian director who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread acclaim, has gone on hunger strike
February 02
February 02
Serbia could become 'pariah' over Kosovo, president warns
Serbia’s populist president has warned during a chaotic parliamentary session that the Balkan nation could become a European “pariah” state if it rejects a Western plan for normalizing relations with Kosovo
February 02
February 02
European Central Bank pushes through large half-point interest rate hike to combat inflation, intends the same in March
European Central Bank pushes through large half-point interest rate hike to combat inflation, intends the same in March
February 02
February 02
Share debacle a rare setback for Indian tycoon Adani
India's Gautam Adani was Asia's richest man when the U.S. short-selling firm Hindenburg Research put out a report last week alleging his businesses have engaged in fraud and stock price manipulation
February 02
February 02
African countries lack 'immediate access' to cholera vaccine
Africa’s public health agency says countries with deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent have no “immediate access” to vaccines amid a global supply shortage
February 02
February 02
Bank of England raises interest rates by half-point to tame high inflation that's driving cost-of-living crisis
Bank of England raises interest rates by half-point to tame high inflation that's driving cost-of-living crisis
February 02
February 02
Israeli police: American arrested for vandalizing church
Israeli police have arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalem’s Old City
February 02
February 02
Bus drives through shoulder-high floodwaters in New Zealand
The driver of a bus in Auckland, New Zealand, decided to forgo a detour and drive straight through deep floodwaters.
February 02
February 02
British Gas sorry its agents broke into customers' homes
The U.K. government says is responding to “deeply shocking” revelations that debt collectors working for British Gas broke into customers’ homes to install prepay gas meters that left vulnerable people at risk of having their heating cut off
February 02
February 02
Syria slams chemical watchdog report on 2018 attack
Syria has dismissed the global chemical weapons watchdog's statement that said investigators found “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria’s air force dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas in 2018 on the rebel-held town of Douma
February 02
February 02
Bulgaria’s president calls nation's 5th election in 2 years
Bulgaria’s president has dissolved the National Assembly and called early parliamentary elections for April 2
February 02
February 02
Spain and Morocco renew ties with migration, business deals
The governments of Spain and Morocco have signed deals on managing migration and boosting Spanish investment in Morocco
February 02
February 02
Separate shootings in South Africa towns leave 10 dead
Police in South Africa say 10 people have been killed in separate shootings in Eastern Cape province
February 02
February 02
Norway PM says oil profits to fund more aid to Ukraine
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway says the oil-rich Scandinavian country will become one of the world’s top donors to Ukraine when his government presents another planned military and civilian aid package
February 02
February 02
EU assembly lifts immunity of 2 lawmakers linked to scandal
The European Parliament has removed the protective immunity of two lawmakers linked to one of the EU’s biggest corruption scandals
February 02
February 02
Pope urges Congo youth to reject corruption and they respond
Pope Francis has led Congo’s young people in a rousing denunciation of political corruption
February 02
February 02
Shell profit doubles to record as war drives up energy costs
Global energy giant Shell says annual profits doubled to a record high last year as oil and gas prices soared after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
February 02
February 02
Turkey slams West for security warnings 'harming' tourism
Turkey has slammed a group of Western countries which temporarily closed down their consulates in Istanbul over security concerns
February 02
February 02
High-level Kyiv visit aims to deepen EU-Ukraine ties
Senior members of the European Union's executive branch are in Ukraine looking to boost relations with the war-torn country and pave the way for it to one day join the bloc
February 02
February 02
European Central Bank hikes rates, vows 'we are not done'
The European Central Bank has hiked interest rates by another half-point and vows a similar hike at its next meeting
February 02
February 02
EU officials visit Kyiv as Russia strikes civilian target
Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles have struck residential areas in an eastern city for the second time in 24 hours
February 02
February 02
Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform
Pakistani police say a suicide bomber who killed 101 people in the northwestern city of Peshawar this week had disguised himself by wearing a police uniform
February 02
February 02
Israel, Gaza militants exchange fire amid soaring tensions
The Israeli military says it struck targets in the Gaza Strip hours after Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel
February 02
February 02
Austria expels 4 Russian diplomats based in Vienna
Austria's government says it has ordered four Russian diplomats based in Vienna to leave the country
February 02
February 02
India's Adani scraps $2.5B share sale after fraud claims
Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's flagship company says it is reviewing its fundraising options after calling off a $2.5 billion share offering that was seen as a crucial test of investor confidence
February 02